Natalia Savinova (cello) (Cello soloist) Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Prof. Shakhovskaya) and took post-graduate studies with Prof. V. Feigin.
Being a student she became laureate of several competitions: All-Soviet in Kishinev (special prize for performing Bach suites), international Dvorak competition in Prague (II prize). In 1991 she took part in chamber ensembles festival in Trapani (Italy, III prize).
Natalia Savinova performs much with solo programs and with symphony orchestras, among them Moscow Philharmonic Orchestras under V Ponkin and under Yu. Simonov.
She dedicated much time to contemporary music playing in the ensemble of soloists "ASM" (1991-1996), gave tours in many countries and collaborated with such prominent composers of our time as S. Gubaydullina, E. Denisov and A. Shnitke.
Natalia Savinova is popular among music-lovers in many countries owing to the CDs that she enregistered with pianist Victor Yampolsky for companies "Olympia" (GB), "Harmonia Mundi" (France), "Triton" (Japan).
In the last concert season Natalia Savinova was invited to Dordrecht (Holland) to the cello music festival where she gave master-class and concert together with the best-known European cellists.
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